How does mac mini compare to PPC G5?

My company runs PowerPC G5s dual 2GHz/1GB RAM OS 10.4.11. We are looking to upgrade to CS5 which requires Intel Macs and we don't need the expansion capability of a tower, we recently purchased new 24" LaCie monitors, so we don't need monitors -- how do the mac minis compare? We use QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, MSOffice, Entourage, FileMaker Pro.
I'm considering the 2.66GHz/8GB RAM/320HD -- don't need alot of internal storage because we are on a Windows network.

I replaced my 2004 PowerMac G5 dual 2Ghz with a Mac mini server and it's been great. I got the most recent server with two internal hard drives and set them up as a RAID stripe. I added an external blu-ray player / dvd burner. It worked out to be a better bargain that way. I couldn't find the benchmarks I recorded at the time but you can browse the geekbench results which is always helpful. They show 1734 for your G5 while the mini is scored at 3634 so that is twice as fast! Geekbench only measures CPU and doesn't account for graphics performance. The mini does use shared memory but I've not found it to be a problem. I really like the mini's ultra low power usage compared to the G5.
You still get dual threads but an iMac would be much better in terms of threads but I know you'd rather use your monitors. Cost vs performance the iMac is a much better deal, I actually got an iMac but returned multiple due to the 'yellow tinge' problem and decided to get the mini instead. Apple may put a newer Core chip in on the next mini refresh which would likely double the performance.

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How does Mac Mini compare to iMac?

My iMac needs to be replaced. Do users like the Mac mini as well as other Mac computers? Is it as troublefree? Easy to use?

I don't have an iMac, so take everything I say with a gain of salt...
However, I do have a mac mini. Obviously, the iMac will be faster, have a nice LCD, whereas the mac mini is going to be slower because it uses an out of date G4 CPU. Also, the hard drive is (I believe) slower, and it's a lot harder from what i've heard to upgrade ram. that's not to say it can't be done, I've voided my mac mini's warranty 2 times now, the first time upgrading the ram, the 2nd time in a daunting hard drive upgrade.
If you don't plan on upgrading the computer anytime soon though, there's nothing wrong with it. I use mine for some video editing and photoshopping, but mostly it's just left on 24/7 as a file server and every now and then used for AIM and word.
When you get it, and take it out of the box, you need to plug in a power cable, mouse, keyboard, (probably buy a USB hub) speakers if you have any, and a monitor.
All in all, it's a full working macintosh computer, minus some nice extras (such as more than 2 USB ports), but it works just like any othe mac, uses finder like the iMac, and quite honestly, if you have a spare LCD, I think it's a better buy if you are only going to be doing word processing/email on it.
Once you start upgrading the DVD/CD+RW to a dvdrw, and boosting the ram to get most speed and such, I would forget about getting it though, since it's innatley slower than the iMac (but CPU, GPU, RAM, and HDD wise), and you'd be better off spending the money on the iMac.
In short, if you only use your mac for email and office documents, it's the best bang for your buck ever. If you need your mac for other stuff (such as video editing) you might be better off going with an iMac. There is, however, nothing wrong with the mini at all that stops it from being a fully functional mac.
P.S. I'd wait until after the next macworld expo thing in january to buy, as they are rumored to be releasing new products, which would drop the prices of the current lineup.

How does Mac Pro compare to iMac?

Ok I'm Pisssed!
I just bought a mac pro with AMD FirePro D700 6144 MB to photo editing. I noticed that it's a bit sluggish with my 4k Dell monitor. I figured what I can do I already have the best mac there is guess I'll have to live with it.
And then BAM, the new iMac comes out with AMD Radeon R9 M295X. Will it perform better with photo editing?

Actually you are wrong.
You can change CPU in mac pro, but you cannot fit inside anything better or newer as you are limited to specific TDP and chipset. For instance, putting in new generation of xeon won't give you TB3 support and so on. It can also lead to instability of the system overall. So in basic words: you shouldn't change CPU you already have inside so no CPU upgrade there as well.
Also iMac is much better in single core performance than mac pro and 99% of applications don't use more than 2 cores and even if they do those actions are not so critical (rendering where you can wait or go get one coffee meantime,...) compared to for instance 3D modelling or animation, where you need smooth rendering and good CPU real-time computation.
Also new radeon R9 M290X and M295X is much better supported from AMD side and also in windows. We all know OS X 3D performance is miserable compared to windows and having one year old drivers for mac pro GPU's (13.25 version) compared to newest radeon drivers (14.9).
In addition to all, 4K monitors are very poorly supported on mac pro. For example sometimes when I start OS X half of the screen remains black on my dell UP2414Q and only solution is to restart my computer again. Dell says that they haven't tested with apple hardware and it should be apple to fix this while apple says dell should fix it while customers remain in the dark and with poor support. Thank you dell and apple.
And there is more bad news for apple: adobe has started to shift their support to nvidia and windows system as Illustrator CC2014.2 now supports hardware accelerated graphics rendering with nvidia GPU on windows! And even more, new GTX980 beats any AMD cards on the market and AMD probably won't make anything better because they can't. I never understood apple latest fascination with AMD. AMD is the worst company for GPU's and their support is so bad I'm considering selling my mac pro.
The release of new iMac with 5K was a big slap in the face of professional apple customers who paid big money for their pro machine which can only run final cut pro X in it's full power. Any other software is unable to utilize all that "power" that apple put into mac pro. It's a big shame and a good waste of money to have just a nice room warmer.
Instead of fixing old things apple went and made new version of consumer class PC that is better or at least equivalent to pro class PC's the sell.
What apple need to fix is:
-10-bit support for displays. I don't know why we throw so much money on good displays when computer only outputs 8bit at the end.
-drop AMD and pick up nvidia cards. Apple already supports openCL 1.2 with nvidia cards under OS X and nvidia offers physX and CUDA in addition to only openCL that AMD offers. Also nvidia drivers are much more stable and performance of nvidia cards is better in all aspects.
-give more support to developers like adobe and others to upgrade their software to take advantage of GPU's we throw so much money on. What good is it to have a good computer and then software that can't even use that computer in it full potential except only few operations while majority of operations are still slow and laggy.
-give better support for 3D under OS X. Right now I'm watching like 9-30 FPS in Maya and Unity, and sometimes I even run some games to free my mind. WoW hardly reaches 60FPS on low settings while under windows bootcamp on same hardware I can get easily 60FPS! OS X still only has openGL 4.1, while we have there 4.3 and 4.4 GPU's out.
There has been almost one year since the release of this mac pro and nothing pretty much changed. This "pro" computer is actually pretty slow compared to what competition offers and the only good thing on mac is now the friendliness of OS X, stability and good integration with everything which windows lacks. But overall it's a very slow system to work on. Apple promised much but we got nothing of it except high price tag and a lot of lost nerves!
I'm very very disappointed in apple right now and really considering switching back to normal PC where at least I get latest drivers for everything and things at least runs at normal frame rate I can work with.
And don't even let me start on new Yosemite "flat" look which they obviously copied from windows and it is ugly as ****. Instead of changing icons they should fix old mac problems and give us professionals more to work with. In reality we get slapped and pushed on the edge. Don't try and make professional multimedia computer if you can't support it!

How does Mac OS calculate the charging Cycle count?

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How does Mac OS calculate the charging Cycle count? I just used my MBP for about 15 min without power plugged in and I saw it left about 90% battery. However after the battery be recharged, I checked system profiler. It shows charging cycle count increased 1. I do remember that last time I left almost the same percentage of battery and plugged in. After the battery was fully charged, profiler did show cycle count increased.
So I am wondering How does Mac OS calculate the charging Cycle count? Basing on the percentage left or something else?
Thanks,

Ok,
But does it count continuously or separatly? I mean One time I used 10% and recharged full; and next time I used 20% and fully recharged again. Does the OS increase the cycle count when the usage adds up to 100% no matter how many times of recharge?
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How does Oracle Database compare with IBM DB2?

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thank you for reading my post
How Does ORACLE Database compare with IBM DB2 ?
Which one has better performance with similar workload?
Which one perform better on System Z hardware and z/OS?
Is there any document that compare these two product?
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HT4941 how many mac mini can you connect to a thunder bolt display

how many mac minis can you you connect to a thunder bolt display and if so how do you switch between them

Here's the official page on connection options (you can connect one computer to a display).
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4885
I've read elsewhere that you can connect two computers to the Thunderbolt Display, but you can't switch between them per se. You can only power up one at a time. Anyone, feel free to correct me on this, but my understanding is this is not an officially supported configuration.

How many Mac Mini's sold? and what has been the most popular Mac?

How many Mac Mini's sold? and what has been the most popular Mac? Curious, Bill

If you visit Apple's PR Library, you can find the quarterly sales results posted. Each one has a PDF you can download that includes a summary of Macs sold. The most recent one, from April 19, 2006, includes a PDF ("Data Summary" at the top of the press release) that only breaks down the Macs sold into "desktop" and "portable" computers. There's no way to distinguish between iMacs, G5 towers, Xserves and Mac minis in the desktop category. Older press releases like that (for example, the April, 2005 release) break down the desktops into iMacs and PowerMacs, but the iMac group includes the Mac minis and eMacs so it's still not possible to figure out exactly how many Mac minis were sold.
So, unless Apple releases the numbers separately, I'm not sure it's possible to answer your question.
-Doug

Does Mac Mini require power adapter for European voltage?

Does mac mini require a power adapter to safely operate on European voltage?

lupunus wrote:
cherylfrommiami wrote:
Thanks Anamusic! Since my other Apple products have the square adapters (iPhone, iPad, macbook) it seemed strange only to have a plug cord for mini. don't want to fry it over here in Europe.
You only will need a new Duckhead US-Plug-Type C (2 pin Europlug) for your MagSafe power adaptor. See picture below.
All Apple MagSafe adaptors are mulitivoltage devices and support AC 100V to 240V
All Mac's with build in power supply (like iMac) have also multivoltage units.
Mac Mini uses (depending on production year) different power units, Mac Mini 2011 have a internal power supply, but ALL are "multivoltage".
So you just have to change the cord or use a adaptor.
The above adaptor is suitable for use with Apple's laptop power adapters, and some other products e.g. some iPod, iPhone, iPad adapters. It will however not fit the Mac mini of any generation.
Also, only the MacBook, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air have the Mag Safe connector which is at the laptop end of the cable. The picture you posted is for the wall socket end of the cable. Older Mac mini computers use a proprietary connector, the 2010 and 2011 models use a standard IEC C7 connector.

Why does mac mini with snow leopard download skype for windows instead of mac

why does mac mini with snow leopard download skype for windows instead of mac ?

Are you using this link?
http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-mac/

Does Mac Mini's HDMI-to-DVI cable support analog DVI monitors?

The Apple website shows that the new (late 2012) Mac Mini comes with an HDMI-to-DVI adapter cable in the box :-)
The DVI video connector standard supports both analog and digital video signal modes, but not all models support both modes.
I have an old PC monitor with a DVI connector, which is probably analog only. Will this work with the new (late 2012) Mac Mini?
In other words: does Apple's HDMI-to-DVI adapter cable support all DVI monitors, or only those with a digital input?
Many thanks!
- Martin

Your right about the DVI standard support both analogue and digital. The three types are
DVI-A (analogue only)
DVI-D (digital only)
DVI-I (supports both)
In this case the HDMI to DVI adaptor will only support digital DVI. This is because the HDMI port only supports digital.
Generally monitors with a DVI port support digital DVI, if you compare the socket and pins layout on the monitor to the one on the Mac adaptor if they are the same layout then that should indicate the monitor indeed supports digital DVI.
Note: The maximum resolution supported by the Macs HDMI port is 1920x1200, if your monitor supports a higher resolution then you should get a Mini Displayport to DVI adaptor or if needed a Mini Displayport to Dual Link DVI adaptor (for the highest resolutions).
The following may help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface

Does Mac mini w/o Intel have infrared?

I'm just wondering, does the Mac mini with out Intel have built-in infrared?
Windows XP

Nope. I bought the $799 flavor (as tricked out as they got before the new Intel version) and it doesn't have it. I think the iMac w/iSight (G5 and Intel) and Mac Mini w/Intel are the only ones that do.
I mentioned in another post I made how I wish they would sell a USB infrared adaapter and let you download Front Row. I'm just curious if nothing else.
If you are a PC/Windows user, don't be afraid to switch. Aside from sheer number of games, you will be amazed at even the Mac Mini.

How do Mac mini users like the parallel program?

I have been a PC user since the 8088 chip and I am done!
For now, the transition to APPLE is pretty scarry.
I have 2 routes. Create a windows partition ro do the parallels snapshot of my windows system.
How well does this snap shot solution work for most folks?
Are there better solutions?

vdotmatrix wrote:
I am going to need both at some point a LT and desktop.
As a above, I need a laptop for the studio to shoot tethered and a mini (2.7 i7, 8-16gb RAM, 500gbHD to use on my office for editing, is because I have many peripherals, especially my NEC monitor that has a lot of life left...I am just SICK SICK SICK of Windows issues and Apple owners knowing something I don't. LOL!!!!
On higher end ADOBE products, the programs call home and if something is amiss, the programs will DEACTIVATE all on their own, You don't have a chance to be dishonest. LOL
SO, as above, I can't BUY 2 apple products: a Mac mini and a MBP to have the upgrades all on MACs, THUS the reason for this post about being able to run windows to run these programs until I can buy my 2nd MAC product ( a laptop).
Yeah, I know about activation -- I have CS5.5. License should still allow one laptop, one desktop (or even just two computers) as long as they're not used simultaneously. But I understand your problem, you can't yet buy both the MBP and Mini now; you want both a laptop and desktop, so you can't crossgrade now.
Is there anything that stops you from "lugging" a laptop from studio to office? You can always set up hubs with the peripherals attached, so you can quickly hook up the laptop. I haul my MBP to work everyday, where it connects to an wide-gamut monitor and a FW/USB hub that in turn is hooked up to HDs, graphics tablet, card readers, etc. I connect wireless to the network, which saves me one cable.
Speaking of peripherals, since you're thinking of switching, make sure there are Mac drivers, etc. for them. You may still need virtualization software anyway if you can't get Mac drivers.
As BDAqua mentioned, if you go the virtualization route you're still running Windows; so protection is needed.
Have you considered instead of the 2.7 i7 Mini, the Mini Server instead? The mini server while clocked slower at 2.0GHz has a quad-core i7, and a 2d HD standard. Sticking the Virtual machine one the 2d HD (and more BTO options on dual drives), while giving it more cores will improve improve performance. (But you can always try sticking your Virtual Machine on an external HD for improved performance.) While it comes with Lion Server; Server is some added apps on top of client that you can turn off and throw away.
The 2.7Ghz i7 you're looking at is dual-core. Getting dual drives on that is more costly when you BTO -- you have one choice. While some have added a 2d HD themselves, Apple doesn't consider it a user serviceable, so adding a 2d HD yourself most likely will violate the warranty.
In favor of the Mini you're looking is the AMD dedicated GPU, while the Mini Server has the Intel integrated GPU. It's a bit of a conundrum. Were there an option for the Mini Server with the AMD, I would have paid for it.

Does Mac Mini waste a lot of Energy?

Does it?
How will it work fine as a server?
Mateusz

Jeremy, It is a voilation becasue he had just started a topic on using it as a server right above this one. Look in the Usage folder. http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?14@@.68a43de5
To rephrase it, he should have said this in the original topic.
Here is a link to the other topic: Mateusz Rajca, "Mac Mini as a Server?", 04:34pm Oct 20, 2005 CDT

How does Macbook Pro compare to G4/800 Powermac

I currently have a G4/800 Quicksilver Powermac with 1Gb of memory, two 7200rpm hard drives, and a ATI RAdeon 7500 GPU with 32Mb of RAM.
I mainly use my computer for amateur photograph editing (Photoshop elements) and video-editing (imovie and Final cut express), and I play the occasional game (older games like wolfenstein, medal of honor, warcraft 3). I've read a lot on this forum about how crappy the GMA in the macbook is, but to give me an idea, how does it compare to my equally crappy ATI radeon 7500 ? Would the macbook be ok to play games like C&C generals, Homeworld 2 and other 3D strategy games ? I like the occasional 3D shooter but I don't need the graphical splendour of Quake 4. And I've read that Final Cut pro has some issues with the macbook but I suppose Final cut express would be ok ?
How would the 2Gh Macbook compare to my G4 Quicksilver speedwise overall (I would max out the ram in the macbook) ?
G4/800 QS - G3/400 Pismo PB Mac OS X (10.3.9)
G4/800 QS - G3/400 Pismo PB Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I dunno your asking a MBP question in the MacBook
forum.
Try asking in the correct forum.
If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say that the MBP
would be faster then the QS on all accounts even when
running photoshop (which would run under rosetta).
The G4 has faster drives going for it, but overall
the MBP specs are superior to the g4 so my vote is
that yuor going to see an improvement. The only
suggestion I'd give is boost the ram to at least a
gig and your doing a lot of photoshop work,then get
1.5 to 2.0 gig.
Mike
Sorry, I actually meant the Macbook.

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